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Tier 1 Child Abuse Data by Age and Sex (Domestic Violence Trends Report 2025)

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

No. of new child abuse cases overseen by Child Protection Specialist Centres, Protection Specialist Centres and Family Service Centres from 2021 to 2024

Data from Jan 2021 to Dec 2024

Last updated 7 months ago (9 Feb 2026)

Data explorer

Tier1ChildAbuseDatabyAgeandSexDomesticViolenceTrendsReport2025.csv (13 rows, 364 B)

DataSeries
Text
2021
Text
2022
Text
2023
Text
2024
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total2377276027873292
0 to 6years7398618921037
Male369448496559
Female370413396478
7 to 12years929109011541380
Male508573628747
Female421517526633
13 to 16years594652613690
Male272273291316
Female322379322374
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a36974dce5a2a67eba37fe5ae108b9c4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2026). Tier 1 Child Abuse Data by Age and Sex (Domestic Violence Trends Report 2025) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a36974dce5a2a67eba37fe5ae108b9c4/view

About this dataset

Contact

Sherlyn_ANG@msf.gov.sg

Created on

09 Feb 2026

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)